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Solanum pubescens
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum pubescens Willd., Phytogr. 5. t. 3. 1794; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 230. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 936(657). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 219. 1999.
Solanum calycinum Nees, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 60. 1837, non Dunal 1852.
Solanum consanthum Dunal in DC., Prodr. 13: 127. 1852.
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English name(s):
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Description:
Unarmed pubescent shrubs. Leaves to 12 x 7 cm, ovate-elliptic to deltoid, apex acute, base unequally truncate, membranous, margins entire to wavy; petiole to 8 cm, pubescent. Racemes axillary; peduncle to 5 cm, pubescent; pedicels 2 cm, pubescent; flowers blue; calyx lobes 6 mm, lanceolate, pubescent; corolla tube 5 mm, lobes 6 mm, lanceolate, pubescent; ovary 1.5 mm, style 1 cm, stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Chellimala
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